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enfeoff
[ en-fef, -feef ]
verb (used with object)
- to invest with a freehold estate in land.
- to give as a fief.
enfeoff
/ ɪ²Ôˈ´Ú¾±Ë´Ú /
verb
- property law to invest (a person) with possession of a freehold estate in land
- (in feudal society) to take (someone) into vassalage by giving a fee or fief in return for certain services
Derived Forms
- ±ð²Ôˈ´Ú±ð´Ç´Ú´Ú³¾±ð²Ô³Ù, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ±ð²Ô·´Ú±ð´Ç´Ú´Úm±ð²Ô³Ù noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of enfeoff1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of enfeoff1
Example Sentences
The tenant enfeoffed of his holding on the conditions of base tenure was technically termed tenant by copy of court roll or tenant by the rod—par la verge.
Enfeoff′ment, act of enfeoffing: the deed which invests with the fee of an estate.
The oath concludes thus: "I shall not sell, nor give away, nor mortgage, "enfeoff anew, nor in any way alienate the possessions "belonging to my table, without the leave of the Ro- "man Pontiff.
He reinstated old duchies and counties, and enfeoffed his loyal Germans.
As a villein might be enfeoffed of freeholds, though they lay at the mercy of his lord, so a freeman might hold tenements in villenage.
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